Pub Date: May 1, 2004
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2005565514
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 1.04" H x 6.90" L x 4.21" W ( 0.53 lbs) 458 pages
Series: Enriched Classics
Description: "Includes detailed explanatory notes, an overview of key themes, and more"--Cover.
Brief description: Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore in September 1878. His father moved the family to New York City in 1888. Although his own family was extremely poor, he spent periods of time living with his wealthy grandparents. He later argued that witnessing these extremes turned him into a socialist. Sinclair funded his college education by writing stories for newspapers and magazines. Sinclair's first novel was published in 1901. Sinclair was extremely active in socialist politics throughout his life. His novel Dragon's Teeth (1942) on the rise of Nazism won him the Pulitzer Prize. By the time Upton Sinclair died in 1968, he had published more than ninety books.